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Leather Jacket Changes

Pcoola19

Member
What's up with flag patches no longer being authorized on the leather jacket? Did SWO leadership think ours were cooler?
 

DanMa1156

Is it baseball season yet?
pilot
Contributor
What's up with flag patches no longer being authorized on the leather jacket? Did SWO leadership think ours were cooler?

This hasn't been allowed officially since at least 2010, which is when I was first issued my leather jacket. I read somewhere (USNI Blogs I think?) that they haven't been authorized since 1999.
 

Pcoola19

Member
This hasn't been allowed officially since at least 2010, which is when I was first issued my leather jacket. I read somewhere (USNI Blogs I think?) that they haven't been authorized since 1999.

I remember reading in the regs a few years ago that the American Flag patch was still authorized. I've never seen where the Navy Jack was good to go, but now it looks like they've pulled everything.
 

Notanaviator

Well-Known Member
Contributor
That is how it was done and authorized back then, several older folks when I came in had similar setups.

Fair, and I'm certainly not the one to weigh in on regs and what was authorized, etc., just odd that he had a bunch of SEABEE/SWO stuff mixed in with the VF/centurion type stuff you'd expect.
 

Treetop Flyer

Well-Known Member
pilot
Fair, and I'm certainly not the one to weigh in on regs and what was authorized, etc., just odd that he had a bunch of SEABEE/SWO stuff mixed in with the VF/centurion type stuff you'd expect.
Let’s not get hung up on the stupid shit on his jacket. Didn’t he wear an E-2 patch that whole movie?
 

Pags

N/A
pilot
Fair, and I'm certainly not the one to weigh in on regs and what was authorized, etc., just odd that he had a bunch of SEABEE/SWO stuff mixed in with the VF/centurion type stuff you'd expect.
"Willing suspension of disbelief."

I'm sure some costume guy just picked stuff he thought looked cool and conveyed a certain ethos vice accuracy.
 

Flash

SEVAL/ECMO
None
Super Moderator
Contributor
Fair, and I'm certainly not the one to weigh in on regs and what was authorized, etc., just odd that he had a bunch of SEABEE/SWO stuff mixed in with the VF/centurion type stuff you'd expect.

His particular jacket was a Hollywood creation with whatever patches looked good as is the new one, though PRC-friendly this time.

Let’s not get hung up on the stupid shit on his jacket. Didn’t he wear an E-2 patch that whole movie?

His 'VF-1' patch was VAW-110's with VF-1 on it.

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